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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm GenX and I think most of us would probably know the top songs from the 90s. I could sing (or dance in some cases) along to any of these:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
I'll Make Love to You - Boys II Men
I Swear - All-4-One
Jump - Kriss Kross
The Sign - Ace of Base
Macarena - Los Del Rio
Waterfalls - TLC
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
MmmBop - Hanson

I don't know if these are necessarily "representative" though.[/quote]

I am horrified, PP, that any Gen Xer, when thinking about a song entitled Jump, thinks of Kriss Kross.  Jump by Van Halen is the correct answer.  I am embarrassed for you, PP. Be better.  [/quote]

DP. I was born in ‘77 and feel that Kriss Kris’s’ Jump is more of my time than Van Halen’s Jump. [/quote]

I don't know what to tell you.  I was born in '72, and Van Halen was one of the top bands of my childhood, and the 80s.  Kriss Kross was . . . not.

A lot of opinions on this depend on the type of music you listened to.  I was hard rock, hair bands, and some pop (Billy Joel, but that was geography based).  I have heard all the songs the PP mentioned, obviously, but would have sneered at many of them.  And would still sneer at some. (The Sign?  Seriously?  And Mmmbob?  Yikes.)  [/quote]

You don’t have to tell me anything. I was just pointing out that depending on which end of the generational bracket you’re closer to, different songs are going to resonate. And I’m not even talking about songs I liked or listened to—I was never a fan of Kriss Kross or Van Halen,[b] but more of an alternative rock kid[/b]—I’m just talking about “best known” songs, which is what this thread is about. As opposed to favorite songs from high school. [/quote]

Oh, you're one of them.  No further explanation required.  [/quote]

Well that’s not very nice.[/quote]

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